Hey James, solid post on tiny pull requests! Here are some thoughts that it sparked:
Reduces cognitive load for everyone involved
Similar to Kanban's WIP limits: constraining scope actually increases flow
Reminds me of how LLMs generate responses token-by-token rather than trying to produce everything at once, i.e. sequential focus over parallel complexity
Helps counter the problem where teams get rewarded for shipping features fast rather than maintaining sustainable pace or code quality
Enables faster feedback loops with users and reduces blast radius when things go wrong
Shows incremental progress that builds trust when stakeholders can't easily gauge complexity
There's something powerful about that pattern: whether it's code review or text generation, breaking things into smaller pieces just works better.
Hey James, solid post on tiny pull requests! Here are some thoughts that it sparked:
There's something powerful about that pattern: whether it's code review or text generation, breaking things into smaller pieces just works better.